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East623

East623

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Social Circle, GA
So here's the short rundown. Drove to Michigan from Georgia to buy a well priced 96 superjet with widened tray (well-priced sort of...) rode it for a couple minutes and the front cylinder dropped. It was claimed to have a fresh engine rebuild. My mistake for trusting anyone. So out of anger I picked up a 2014 superjet that's in awesome condition.

With that being said I want to start modifying it. Here's a list of what I'm thinking. Looking for opinions on if I'm going in the right direction with all this or not. This is the order I plan on taking this.

Bars,grips and throttle- done
Worx201 intake grate-done
Impros hooker 9/15 impeller- ordered
Bilge pump 800gph
Footholds (Toby)- ordered
B pipe
Flame arrestors
Girdle head (blowsion, ADA, or other)

I really need some help with deciding what footholds to go with. I would hate to buy a blowsion set and them not be comfortable but at the same time I'm not sure if I should throw down $500 on adjustable ones and a matching mat kit. How comfortable are the Tom21 footholds? They look a lot more comfortable than the blowsion kickers I was looking at. Any opinions on impeller rates? Lake riding 95% of the time with light freestyle. Never been good at tricks but I do like to launch it as high as possible. Thanks guys!
 
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Mike W

Mike W

Infidel
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North Florida
You are on the right track tith the upgrades you mentioned. Stick with the stock flame arrestor though. A/M flame arrestor ingest a lot of water.
I had Toby footholds in my old Squarenose and they were nice. Relatively easy to turf, comfortable, plenty of room for padding. Not sure what footholds that are in my '08 but it seemed like I had a wider stance with the Toby footholds.
 
East623

East623

Location
Social Circle, GA
Mike W said:
You are on the right track tith the upgrades you mentioned. Stick with the stock flame arrestor though. A/M flame arrestor ingest a lot of water.
I had Toby footholds in my old Squarenose and they were nice. Relatively easy to turf, comfortable, plenty of room for padding. Not sure what footholds that are in my '08 but it seemed like I had a wider stance with the Toby footholds.
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Thanks for the reply. Do you have a picture of both perhaps? The tom21 ones looked really comfortable that's why I was attracted to them.
 
Sanoman

Sanoman

AbouttoKrash
Location
NE Tenn
East623 said:
So I send Toby a pm and I am going to order a set from him. How did you go about turfing them? I've never turfed footholds before. Also did yours hit the exhaust tube on the right side?
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PM me when you get ready to turf.l can give you a few tricks to help.And yes,you will hit the exh tube.Cut the glass around it to fit and reglass.
 
SUPERJET-113

SUPERJET-113

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East623 said:
You're talking about cutting the fiberglass on the foothold and then reglassing it?
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Yes he's saying that after you get your hole cut in the sidewall for the foothold, the outer edge will want to hit the exhaust tube. You need to mark and carefully cut/grind the glass till the foot hold fits correctly. Then re-glass the hole up inside and out. You could get away with just glass on the inside, but both sides is best. Make sure you leave enough room for glass for the final fit. Dont worry, its just a small area...
 
Pro-pulsion

Pro-pulsion

Location
Ontario, Canada
One thing to keep in mind for glassing in your new footholds is to use a strong type of glass. Bi-axial stitch glass is going to be your strongest option as it is also the recommended glass for reinforcing the hull, but the most important part is to use an epoxy resin with the glass, not the traditional Bondo or equivalent type. Bondo or most popular resins are polyester based resins and will not stick to the hull for long. It will eventually lift from the hull and more so if water gets in behind it.
 
motoman3000

motoman3000

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Turf tip- make rough templates using tin foil as it bends around all contours.
Also use a die grinder/sander to bevel edges that meet painted surfaces- much cleaner install. G/l
 
East623

East623

Location
Social Circle, GA
Pro-pulsion said:
One thing to keep in mind for glassing in your new footholds is to use a strong type of glass. Bi-axial stitch glass is going to be your strongest option as it is also the recommended glass for reinforcing the hull, but the most important part is to use an epoxy resin with the glass, not the traditional Bondo or equivalent type. Bondo or most popular resins are polyester based resins and will not stick to the hull for long. It will eventually lift from the hull and more so if water gets in behind it.
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Thank you for the tips. Do you use that same type of epoxy resin that you use to actually glass the footholds in with a thickener such as the stuff from UScomposites or corn starch or something to glue in the holds and hold them with screws before the actually glossing takes place?
 
Pro-pulsion

Pro-pulsion

Location
Ontario, Canada
Most guys will get 3/8 long #8 if I remember correctly, stainless wood screws and set the holds into place with them. That's how I did it too and just glass over the screws. Once that thick bi-axial glass is in place along with the finished under padding and turf, you will never know they are there. For the epoxy resin, all you need is the 2 part mix...resin and hardening agent. West Systems makes a good one, East Systems does too. Make sure you pay attention to the details noted above each classification of hardener mainly for the proper curing time. If your weather is going to be in the 80* range then you should opt for the slow cure hardener to give you the time window needed for placement of the glass and workable pot life of the resin. It would not be good to have it curing to a firmness before you can fully apply it. Also, do use the separate pump systems they sell. The pumps are calibrated to give you the exact mix ratios per pump. One pump of resin to one pump of hardener. They are well worth the extra little cost and the piece of mind knowing your mix will always be proper. Here are a few links to look into...

Epoxy Resins:
http://www.uscomposites.com/epoxy.html
http://www.uscomposites.com/epoxy.html#west

Bi-axial Fiberglass:
http://www.uscomposites.com/specialty.html

As for the turf tip, I think what he means is that if you use something to take the inside shape of the foothold, you can use that as a template for how much turf and what shape to cut it out to. Thin cardboard worked for me like shoe box type of cardboard. It is very pliable and you get a pretty good idea of how a flat sheet will form inside the hold. You can then use that and trim and tune until you get a nice fit, then lay it onto your turf sheet and trace the outline to have your inside shape. A really good should do suggestion is to use under padding inside your holds. The padding will compress with use but is so much better on your feet. Under pad everywhere in them, under the tops around the toe area, the bridge portion of the foot, all the way back to where it trails off and becomes part of the hull side walls again and of course the bottoms. I have ridden skis with just turf between the feet and the hold...might as well not have had turf at all. Bruised feet, sore and quite difficult to come back from in terms of healing. Your feet are important things on standup skis, keep them happy :)
 
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